PX.com: From Parallel Brand to Rebranding – With Frans van Hulle

6 Responses to “PX.com: From Parallel Brand to Rebranding – With Frans van Hulle”

1. Michael Cyger says:

   October 3, 2018 at 3:48 PM

   Great show Frans, Drew and Tess!

   I really enjoyed how Frans described how he purchased PX.com knowing it had a base value that was increasing, tried it as a separate business, and then went all in. It’s smart business planning, limiting his downside while taking full advantage of the upside.

   I enjoyed doing the first interview with you, Frans, and it was great to hear the follow-up. Continued success to you and your team!

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2. Mike says:

   October 3, 2018 at 4:37 AM

   Thanks, Frans, Drew, and Tess, for a great and enjoyable show. Lots of nuggets of information. Always appreciate everyone taking the time to do these shows and help the domain community!

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3. Platey says:

   October 2, 2018 at 5:00 PM

   Great interview

   As much as the domain is worth easily what was paid for it and it will soar in value in the years to come but the point the owner was trying to make was as good as the domain is etc the value is in the vision the owner has for the brand and where they can take the brand and what they can make of it

   Amazon was used as an example etc but most people if they had amazon dot com would never be able to make it what Jeff bezos has made it

   It was Jeff bezos vision for his company that made amazon what it is today and it’s his vision that will make Amazon even bigger than it is now and that would have happened without amazon dot com but having amazon dot com has helped but not the main reason why the company Jeff bezos built became what it is

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   1. Andrew Rosener says:

      October 6, 2018 at 12:12 AM

      @Platey I agree with what you say and that should be obvious. But when evaluating a domain name for a particular business, you have to start with a baseline in order to compare apples to apples. Meaning, the vision and the execution are a “given” or a necessary “assumption”. If a business plan is crap, then it doesn’t matter which domain they choose. Maybe a great domain will keep them alive a bit longer than a crappy one but the business is still crap. So you have to assume that the vision is sound and the team will execute and you are assessing which domain name will put the most wind in that businesses sails.

      Domain names are the foundation of any brands digital identity. Period.

      When we evaluate a domain we are not evaluating the downside as much as the upside. Meaning, does a particular domain put a CEILING on how big your business can grow? A domain like Amazon.com or PX.com have NO CEILING. You can be a $10 Million company or a $100 Billion company (or in the case of Amazon a $1 TRILLION company!).

      Size is the ultimate variable, everything else gets treated as a constant.

      Does that make sense?

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4. frank meester says:

   October 2, 2018 at 12:47 AM

   Hello Frans
   Hardstikker leuk om een ”slimme” Hollandse jongen of DomainSherpa te zien .
   Heb nooit its over je gehoord,maar ik zal eens kijken wat zaken je doet .
   Heb wat .NL domains te koop ,weet niet of je er iets mee kan doen .
   Groeten uit Bali ,Indoneisia

   Epakket.nl
   HomeAlarms.nl
   Tokenfest.nl
   Getyourdomain.nl
   Clearcoin.nl
   btc1.nl

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5. brand says:

   October 1, 2018 at 2:56 PM

   I really enjoyed this show, some very good points made. Thanks everyone.
   I hope Frans doesn’t take this the wrong way, i mean it with all respect.
   Frans kind of looks like Rick Schwartz and his voice sounds like Sean Connery..lol

   Thanks again for the great show and everyone’s time….

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